METHOD AND SERVER OF CONFIGURING SCENARIO MODE FOR SMART DEVICES

• US 20160127174A1
• Filed: 07/02/2015
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Fu, Qiang, Wang, Yang, Ren, Qiao, Zhao, Ming
• Granted Patent: US 10,250,712 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2829 involving user profiles according to which the execution of a home appliance functionality is automatically triggered
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and a server for configuring a scenario mode. The method includes: acquiring device information of a plurality of smart device bound to a user account; pushing, according to the device information of the smart devices, at least one predefined scenario mode template to a controlling device bound to the user account; receiving, from the controlling device, scenario mode template selection information indicating a selected scenario mode template; and defining, according to the scenario mode template selection information, a scenario mode corresponding to the selected scenario mode template for the smart devices, wherein the smart devices comprise at least one first smart device and at least one second smart device, and the scenario mode represents an operation mode for controlling actions of the at least one second smart device according to a status parameter collected by the at least one first smart device.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a scenario mode for smart devices, comprising:

acquiring device information of a plurality of smart device bound to a user account;

pushing, according to the device information of the smart devices, at least one predefined scenario mode template to a controlling device bound to the user account;

receiving, from the controlling device, scenario mode template selection information indicating a selected scenario mode template; and

defining, according to the scenario mode template selection information, a scenario mode corresponding to the selected scenario mode template for the smart devices,

wherein the smart devices comprise at least one first smart device and at least one second smart device, and the scenario mode represents an operation mode for controlling actions of the at least one second smart device according to a status parameter collected by the at least one first smart device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the scenario mode is defined by a scenario mode configuration comprising parameters selected from:

user account information, the device information of the smart devices, a startup condition parameter for defining conditions of triggering the scenario mode, and a task parameter for defining actions to be performed in the scenario mode.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the device information of the smart devices comprises device information of the at least one first smart device and device information of the at least one second smart device;

wherein the startup condition parameter comprises the status parameter collected by the at least one first smart device for triggering the scenario mode; and

wherein the task parameter comprises a predefined control instruction to be sent to the at least one second smart device when the scenario mode is triggered.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the device information comprises device ID information and device type information.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein each predefined scenario mode template comprises:

the device type information of the at least one first smart device and the at least one second smart device, the startup condition parameter for defining conditions of triggering the corresponding scenario mode, and the task parameter for defining actions to be performed in the corresponding scenario mode.

6. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

acquiring the user account information for the user account.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein pushing the at least one predefined scenario mode template comprises:

selecting at least one scenario mode template matching with the device type information of the at least smart device according to the acquired device type information of the smart devices; and

sending the at least scenario mode template to the controlling device.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein defining the scenario mode corresponding to the selected scenario mode template comprises:

binding the scenario mode corresponding to the selected scenario mode template with the user account; and

configuring the scenario mode according to the device information of the smart devices.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring the status parameter collected by the at least one first smart device;

determining, according to the status parameter, whether to trigger the defined scenario mode; and

sending a control instruction to the at least one second smart device for controlling actions of the second smart device, if it is determined to trigger the defined scenario mode.

10. A server for configuring a scenario mode for smart devices, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store instructions executable by the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to perform;

acquiring device information of a plurality of smart device bound to a user account;

pushing, according to the device information of the smart devices, at least one predefined scenario mode template to a controlling device bound to the user account;

receiving, from the controlling device, scenario mode template selection information indicating a selected scenario mode template; and

defining, according to the scenario mode template selection information, a scenario mode corresponding to the selected scenario mode template for the smart devices,

wherein the smart devices comprise at least one first smart device and at least one second smart device, and the scenario mode represents an operation mode for controlling actions of the at least one second smart device according to a status parameter collected by the at least one first smart device.

11. The server according to claim 10, wherein the scenario mode is defined by a scenario mode configuration comprising parameters selected from:

user account information, the device information of the smart devices, a startup condition parameter for defining conditions of triggering the scenario mode, and a task parameter for defining actions to be performed in the scenario mode.

12. The server according to claim 11, wherein the device information of the smart devices comprises device information of the at least one first smart device and device information of the at least one second smart device;

wherein the startup condition parameter comprises the status parameter collected by the at least one first smart device for triggering the scenario mode; and

wherein the task parameter comprises a predefined control instruction to be sent to the at least one second smart device when the scenario mode is triggered.

13. The server according to claim 12, wherein the device information comprises device ID information and device type information.

14. The server according to claim 13, wherein each predefined scenario mode template comprises:

the device type information of the at least one first smart device and the at least one second smart device, the startup condition parameter for defining conditions of triggering the corresponding scenario mode, and the task parameter for defining actions to be performed in the corresponding scenario mode.

15. The server according to claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to perform:

acquiring the user account information for the user account.

16. The server according to claim 14, wherein pushing the at least one predefined scenario mode template comprises:

selecting at least one scenario mode template matching with the device type information of the at least smart device according to the acquired device type information of the smart devices; and

sending the at least scenario mode template to the controlling device.

17. The server according to claim 16, wherein defining the scenario mode corresponding to the selected scenario mode template comprises:

binding the scenario mode corresponding to the selected scenario mode template with the user account; and

configuring the scenario mode according to the device information of the smart devices.

18. The server according to claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to perform:

acquiring the status parameter collected by the at least one first smart device;

determining, according to the status parameter, whether to trigger the defined scenario mode; and

sending a control instruction to the at least one second smart device for controlling actions of the second smart device, if it is determined to trigger the defined scenario mode.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a server, cause the server to perform a method for configuring a scenario mode for smart devices, the method comprising:

acquiring device information of a plurality of smart device bound to a user account;

pushing, according to the device information of the smart devices, at least one predefined scenario mode template to a controlling device bound to the user account;

receiving, from the controlling device, scenario mode template selection information indicating a selected scenario mode template; and

defining, according to the scenario mode template selection information, a scenario mode corresponding to the selected scenario mode template for the smart devices,

wherein the smart devices comprise at least one first smart device and at least one second smart device, and the scenario mode represents an operation mode for controlling actions of the at least one second smart device according to a status parameter collected by the at least one first smart device.

20. The storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the scenario mode is defined by a scenario mode configuration comprising parameters selected from:

user account information, the device information of the smart devices, a startup condition parameter for defining conditions of triggering the scenario mode, and a task parameter for defining actions to be performed in the scenario mode.